The UK government

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0/0	the Cabinet	‘The Prime Minister has appointed three new ministers to the Cabinet.’ A group of the most important ministers who together with the Prime Minister form the Executive.
0/0	Parliament	‘The debate in Parliament is being shown on television.’ A capital initial ‘P’ is used when referring to a specific parliament
0/0	the House of Commons	‘We visited the House of Commons on a tour of the Houses of Parliament.’
0/0	the House of Lords	‘The proposal was debated in the House of Lords.’
0/0	the Prime Minister	‘The Prime Minister was appointed this morning.’ The head of the government
0/0	the Chancellor	‘The Chancellor is responsible for the government’s finances.’ The Chancellor of the Exchequer (= Finance Minister)
0/0	the Foreign Secretary	‘The meeting was attended by the Foreign Secretary.’
0/0	the Home Secretary	‘A new Home Secretary was appointed recently.’
0/0	a minister	‘The minister was interviewed on television.’
0/0	a politician	‘There’s a debate on television this evening between politicians from all the main political parties.’
0/0	a Member of Parliament	‘She has been a Member of Parliament for over ten years.’ An MP
0/0	an election	‘The election will be held at the end of the month.’
0/0	to vote	‘Did you vote in the election?’
0/0	to stand for election	‘She’s standing for election this year.’
0/0	a government department	‘The MP plans to raise the issue with the relevant government department.’

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Vocabulary, Audio, Example sentence / notes

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the Cabinet

‘The Prime Minister has appointed three new ministers to the Cabinet.’

A group of the most important ministers who together with the Prime Minister form the Executive.

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Parliament

‘The debate in Parliament is being shown on television.’

A capital initial ‘P’ is used when referring to a specific parliament

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the House of Commons

‘We visited the House of Commons on a tour of the Houses of Parliament.’

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the House of Lords

‘The proposal was debated in the House of Lords.’

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the Prime Minister

‘The Prime Minister was appointed this morning.’

The head of the government

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the Chancellor

‘The Chancellor is responsible for the government’s finances.’

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (= Finance Minister)

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the Foreign Secretary

‘The meeting was attended by the Foreign Secretary.’

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the Home Secretary

‘A new Home Secretary was appointed recently.’

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a minister

‘The minister was interviewed on television.’

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a politician

‘There’s a debate on television this evening between politicians from all the main political parties.’

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a Member of Parliament

‘She has been a Member of Parliament for over ten years.’

An MP

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an election

‘The election will be held at the end of the month.’

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to vote

‘Did you vote in the election?’

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to stand for election

‘She’s standing for election this year.’

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a government department

‘The MP plans to raise the issue with the relevant government department.’

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